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Author Interview: Kristen Lamb – WANA and the Love Revolution

[image error]Kristen Lamb is the author of the best-selling books We Are Not Alone—The Writer’s Guide to Social Media and Are You There, Blog? It’s Me, Writer and is represented by Russel Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary, Inc. in NYC.

Kristen worked in international sales before transitioning into a career as an author, freelance editor and speaker. She takes her years of experience in sales & promotion and merges it with almost a decade as a writer to create a program designed to help authors construc...

Author interview with steampunk writer Chris Stocking

Author interview with steampunk writer Chris Stocking.

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The wonderful Carrie Nyman, author of “Why Aren’t You Sweet Like Me??,” and blogger at Dare I Eat A Peach?was kind enough to interview me! Check it out!

You can also see her interview on my blog here.

It’s a Ghost… Writer!

Ghost writing is an interesting concept. You have an idea for a story, but you don’t have the time, or simply just don’t know how to write a story. So, why not save some time and effort and hire someone with the experience and know-how to do it? Not a bad idea.

I think this idea works great for television shows and movie spin-offs and things like that. It can help further brand your show/idea and reach a bigger audience. Not to mention it can help turn more people into readers which, as a writ...

What I’ve Learned from Writing Short Stories

After writing Blood on my Handsfor my Creative Writing class, I found that I thoroughly enjoy writing short stories. The experience got me thinking about some ways I could stretch as a writer, and take a break from any monotony that could come from writing about the same characters in my London Darkness series all the time, and while I wait for the edits from London Darkness: Infernal Inventions to come back to me.

I’ve written three short stories, and am currently working on my fourth. My pla...

Author Interview: Carrie Nyman

[image error]Carrie was raised in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs. When her parents divorced and she was diagnosed with degenerative Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of 14, the need to write developed in the days that she was kept from school. She attended the University of Colorado, majoring in English Literature. Her honors thesis “Addiction, Narcissism, and Psychopathology inWuthering Heights,” examines Brontë’s motivations, pre-Freudian thought, current psychological practice, and...

Shouldn’t you be Famous?

“You wrote a book? Why do you still work here? Shouldn’t you be famous?”

Someone asked me this when a co-worker asked me where they could buy my book. Of course I was forced to laugh it off and tell them I’m not a best-seller… yet.

This misconception can sometimes be quite irritating. As writers, we work and work and write and sweat and bleed to create powerful, well-written stories in hopes that people will enjoy it and praise it. Thelast thing writers need is someone rubbing it in our faces t...

Shameless Promotion of… Everyone!

I’ve been thinking over the past few days how excited and honored I would be if someone wanted to interview me about my books, self-publishing, or things of that nature. Then, I had an idea:

Why not help out other authors and writers? Why not help out those who aren’t big-name authors and writers yet?

So, here is what I’m going to do. Anyone who would like to be interviewed by me, please leave a comment below saying so, along with any published works you may have. If your email isn’t on your Gr...

That’s it… I Quit!

No, I’m not possessed by a demon; so before you begin prepping for an exorcism, allow me to explain.

For those of you who don’t follow Kristen Lamb’s blog, you absolutely should. She has amazing writing tips, and is the author of best-selling books:We Are Not Alone—The Writer’s Guide to Social MediaandAre You There, Blog? It’s Me, Writer.

Just yesterday, I read her post “The Secret to Success-Quitting.” She made some very excellent points about how, in order to succeed as writers, we have to qu...

Ouch, Pulitzer Judges… That Hurts

I can honestly say that I am quitedisappointed with the individual chosen for the fiction Pulitzer Prize. Oh, wait, there isn’t a winner! As a fiction writer, I have to say… Ouch. The article stated that there were three finalists chosen, but apparently they weren’t able to decide just which one was the most-deserving of the prize.

In a way, I’m at a loss for words. If it were me, I would certainly consider it an honor to be one of the top three finalists. However, I would be more than disappo...

The Hunger Games vs. The Hunger Games Movie

One of the main things I love about being a writer is that it is significantly easier for writers to convey thoughts to their readers. Filmmakers just aren’t able to spell out exactly what a character is feeling. This was the main problem I noticed with The Hunger Games as a movie.

Now, of course they movie wasn’texactly like the book. But, these things never are. However, it was pretty close. They shortened out a few things, which I can understand, but something that I found wasn’t entirely c...